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Staffing Crisis Sparks Largest Health Care Strike In U.S. History
WebBy Bob Hennelly. The day before close to 85,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in several states hit the bricks in the largest healthcare strike in American history, the Washington Postreported the results of an explosive year-long investigation that revealed the country’s life expectancy was cratering in large measure thanks to premature deaths
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NYC H+H Nurses Win Big Raise in Ongoing Fight for Pay Parity
WebThe 5½-year deal, awarded by an arbitrator several hours before the two sides’ self-imposed deadline of Aug. 1, will give the 8,000 nurses in NYC Health+Hospitals’ 11 hospitals and mayoral agencies a $16,006 raise in its first year and $5,551 more in the second. After further increases of 3%, 3%, and 3.25% in the last three years, the
Concerns About Retiree Healthcare Swirl Around New TWU, MTA …
WebThe tentative contract deal reached earlier this week between TWU Local 100 and the MTA provides for “solid annual raises of 9.8 percent compounded over three years-and $4,000 in Essential Worker Cash Bonus payments-that are substantially better than the city pattern,” according to the union’s press release announcing the deal.
NY Retiree Advocates Open Up Two New Fronts in Fight Against …
WebWith the introduction of Barron’s healthcare bill, fellow Council Member Chris Marte [D-1st District] said city retirees fighting Mayor Eric Adams and the heads of the Municipal Labor Council [MLC] on privatization, are now going to be able to “see those council members who are on the right side of history — and the ones who are not
NYC Retirees’ Struggle to Save Traditional Medicare is a National …
WebCross-Union Retirees Organizing Committee [CROC] member Julie Schwartzberg was right on the money a few weeks ago, in New York City when she called the ongoing campaign to strip municipal workers of their traditional Medicare health benefits and push them into a profit-driven Medicare Advantage program a “national issue.”.
NYC’s Mayor Has No Answer For Homelessness
WebOn Nov. 29, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared at a press conferencethat his “compassion” driven response to the city’s homeless crisis would be to enhancethe state’s existing authority to involuntary commit the mentally ill in their ranks to ensure people “in desperate need” were no longer allowed “to slip through the cracks
NYC Lawyers to Retirees: ‘There is NO PROMISE’
WebThe Medicare Advantage plan, Klinger said, was negotiated by the unions, incorporated in their collective bargaining agreement, and is premium-free. It would “defy logic,” he added, to say the city can’t negotiate a health plan that is “similar, if not better.”. “The city retirees are getting a better plan,” Aetna lawyer Karl
NYC Transit Retirees Join Fight Against Medicare Advantage
WebThe cosponsors of bills in the New York City Council, New York State Legislatureand the U.S. Congress aimed at safeguarding traditional Medicare coverage for public sector workers — as well as a State Supreme Court judgewho has repeatedly ruled in favor of NYC municipal retirees fighting Medicare Advantage — are in align with them.
NYC Transit Retirees Suffer Legal Setback in Battle Against …
WebIn a legal reversal for TWU Local 100 retirees hoping to head off being forced into an Aetna Medicare Advantage Plan, a New York State Judge has rolled back a TRO he issued Dec. 18 which prohibited the MTA and the union from advancing their plan which the retirees lawyer says kicks in on Jan. 1.
Chuck Dives Into the Medicare Advantage Muck — in the Name of …
WebThe health care insurance industry spends millions on lobbying Congress. A 2021 research study found that a third of the members of Congress “held health care-related assets. These assets were often substantial, with a median total value per member of over $43,000.” In 2021, David Moore reporting for Sludge reported that the health …
‘Christmas Gift in August’: Retirees Fighting Medicare Privatization
WebBy Joe Maniscalco “Yaaaay!” New York City retiree Roberta Gonzalez reacted with total glee today after learning municipal workers fighting to retain their traditional Medicare health insurance coverage have won yet another big victory in court.
NYC Transit Retirees Press Fight to Derail Medicare Advantage …
WebBy Steve Wishnia. A group of retired New York City transit workers is again seeking a court order to restore their access to traditional Medicare. The group, TWU100R, is filing an amended petition before State Supreme Court judge Shahabuddeen A. Ally, challenging Transport Workers Union Local 100’s 2023 contract, which eliminated the …
Appeals Court Judges Question NYC’s Medicare Advantage Plan
WebThe city is appealing a March ruling by state Supreme Court Judge Lyle E. Frank in NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees v.Campion that its plan to switch up to 250,000 retired and disabled city employees to Medicare Advantage from Senior Care, a supplemental plan that covers the 20% of costs Medicare doesn’t pay, violated Section …
NYC Council Speaker Rejects Legislative Effort to Protect …
WebBy Bob Hennelly. New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams [D-21st District] says the City Council will not take up legislation proposed in a letter from the New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees [NYCOPSR] to prevent municipal retirees from being forced into a controversial Aetna Medicare Advantage plan that was approved …
It’s Your Public Duty, Brad: ‘Betrayed’ Union Retiree Urges NYC
WebEditor’s Note: Harry Weiner is lifelong New Yorker who devoted more than 30 years of his life working for the New York City Housing Authority. As as an IBT Local 237 member, Harry feels his union betrayed him when it voted in favor of stripping NYC municipal retirees of their traditional Medicare be
Hey, New York City Council Progressives
WebFormer Democratic Party-turned Republican Party City Council Member Ari Kagan of Brooklyn, said saving municipal retirees’ traditional Medicare benefits isn’t a “Democratic or Republican issue.”. Nearly 90-year-old Evelyn Jones Rich helps electrify this week’s rally against Medicare Advantage in New York City. “This is a human issue
Wall Street Between You and Your Doctor: Former Goldman Sachs …
WebBy Bob Hennelly CVS Health has named Brian Kane as the Executive Vice President and President of Aetna, effective September 1. He will report to CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch. Last month, New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed a contract with Aetna as part of the administration’s camp
NYC Retirees Stand Strong With Ousted DC 37 Officers…
WebAFSCME, the parent union of District Council 37 — the largest public sector union in New York City — swooped in and suspended DC 37 Retirees Association officers on Feb. 22, after putting the group into receivership, claiming, in part, that they failed to properly file their tax returns. Retirees, however, call that bunk — and say the
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